Heesen, Remco (2016) Academic Superstars: Competent or Lucky? Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964
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I show that the social stratification of academic science can arise as a result of academics' preference for reading work of high epistemic value. This is consistent with a view on which academic superstars are highly competent academics, but also with a view on which superstars arise primarily due to luck. I argue that stratification is beneficial if most superstars are competent, but not if most superstars are lucky. I also argue that it is impossible to tell whether most superstars are in fact competent or lucky, or which group a given superstar belongs to, and hence whether stratification is overall beneficial.
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| Additional Information: | This paper is published in Synthese under open access. Please cite from the official published version rather than the attached PDF. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Philosophy of science; Social structure of science; Formal epistemology; Social epistemology; Network formation | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Depositing User: | Remco Heesen | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2016 13:06 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2016 13:06 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12459 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s11229-016-1146-5 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-016-1146-5 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Date: | 24 September 2016 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12459 |
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